Clean Eating Strawberry Lemonade

There’s just something about Strawberry Lemonade that say’s “summer is here and in full swing”. There are few things as refreshing or relaxing the midst of mind-numbing heat.

But I was shocked at the grocery store when I picked up a bottle of pre-made strawberry lemonade. The amount of chemicals they add to it just to get a strawberry flavor is truly astounding. I mean, how hard is it to just add strawberries? I want strawberries, darn it! S.T.R.A.W.B.E.R.R.I.E.S.! Not strawberry “flavor” mixed with high fructose corn syrup. Why is it so hard to use the real thing?

Well, if you read this blog with any regularity, you know me well enough to know that I wasn’t going to stand for that for one second. I put that bottle right back on the shelf and marched myself over to the produce section where I found some amazingly wonderful and organic strawberries. I took them home, put them through the blender, and added them (and a little lime juice) to a pitcher of homemade lemonade.

I swear, some day I’m going to open a restaurant called “Real food”. And this strawberry lemonade will be listed with all the other real beverages. Wouldn’t that be a nice change of pace? Okay. I’m done ranting and daydreaming. Sorry you had to experience that.

Here’s the recipe.

Clean Eating Strawberry Lemonade
(Makes 8 cups)

Ingredients
5 cups water
1 lb. strawberries cleaned and stems removed
3/4 cup honey
1 cup lemon juice
Juice of 2 limes

Directions

Step 1 – Warm 2 1/2 cups of water in a pot with the honey until well combined.

Step 2 – In a large pitcher, combine the remainder of the water, the honey water, lemon juice and lime juice.

Step 3 – Put your strawberries in a blender and blend until very smooth.

Step 4 – Put the strawberries through a fine meshed sieve. You’ll have to stir and press with a spatula to get it through the sieve completely.

Step 5 – Stir strawberry juice into the pitcher and stir well.

Step 6 – Chill and serve.

Drink and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Older kids can help push the strawberries through the sieve. Younger kids can help stir the contents of the pitcher. Kids of all ages can help add ingredients to the pitcher. These sound like small things, but when you have little ones in the kitchen, every small contribution they make makes a difference. So include them!

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Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 cup

Calories: 124
Total Fat: 0 gm
Saturated Fats: 0 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 8 mg
Carbohydrates: 34 gm
Dietary fiber: 1 gm
Sugars: 30 gm
Protein: 1 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 17

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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